Things have been pretty crazy down here. We went into our 7th month of marriage with a lot on our to-do list and a lot of changes. I started a new job working at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in the Same Day Surgery Department. I organize all of the patient records and charts and then register them when they come through. It was a really steep learning curve to start off, and I was really stressed trying to do it right when I was so used to being so good at my old job.
Bryce is still working at the hospital in the Emergency Department. They have been training scribes in Ogden this month so he was pulling 12 hour shifts everyday of every weekend. Together were working over 60 hours a week, and we're both still full time students, so we we've been going full speed for a few weeks now. Also we have been sharing a car and driving back and forth from work in Orem.
To start off there were a lot of growing pains. We are in an organic chemistry class from 6-9pm at night twice a week. I do have to say that we have the most fun as lab partners, I've never enjoyed labs so much! And I hate labs! We do lots of things like make banana oil and isolate compounds from cinnamon. Writing it all down makes us sound fancier and smarter than we are, lets be honest.
While we have been having some crazy weeks lately, I am grateful for the time we have together practicing for Midwestern in a few months. The first week with our crazy schedule, we left the house at 7:30 in the morning and didn't get home until 10:30 at night. We walked home together and both just felt like crying. But by the second week we didn't feel that way until Thursday! So it's been improving!
The biggest thing I've learned the last few weeks is just to let go. The first week I was getting cramps in my jaw and my back from clenching them all day at work! I've had to accept that our house is going to be messy sometimes and dinner might not always be made.
This is our laundry lately.
And this is our kitchen, with literally every dish we own dirty (which is why all our cabinets are empty)
To be honest we are both just so so tired of school.
But we have still been managing to have some fun. The best moments of the day are when we're together again, having pillow talk and giggling about everything that happened during the day.Whenever we do get a spare minute we spend our time going to the dollar theatre or splitting dinner before class. Bryce has been absolutely amazing. During the weeks I'm usually working and when I get home Bryce has dinner ready and all our errands ran. He takes the time to dance with me in the kitchen and listen to me even when all I have to say is how tired I am. I don't know how he does it but my workaholic husband (in a good way) can just go forever.
We wake up and remind each other everyday that everything we are doing now is an investment for our future, which makes it easier. I just think about our future little family and the kind of woman I'm going to be for working like this now instead of later.
In other inconsequential news, I chopped my hair off about a month ago. It was something I had been thinking about for months, and let's be honest, once Taylor chopped her hair it was even more reason. I don't really love it but I guess it is nice to have a change. Still counting the days until it grows back.
Before.
After.
Other things we've been up to: cleaning our house every once in a while, we made an epic trip down to St. George for Valentines day (more on that later), and planning our move to Arizona. We went to a Chinese New Year party last week and ate so many potstickers I swear I was sick for days.
Anyways, I have a lot more blogging to catch up on. But there is our current status. Marriage just gets better with every day. I truly got the best one!
